April 22, 2004

• Running off the Bank

   

  I realized the other night while praying with Pam that my biggest fear is to end up living a life of mediocrity.  I am running scared of that possibility.  I never want to settle for the ordinary.  My secret dreams of living the abundant life which Jesus promises pursue me day and night.

   

  What is your greatest, most “boundless” secret dream?  Do you have secret dreams?  Do they soar on wings… or are they landlocked?   I guess I ask because my secret dreams run off the bank into the stream, gushing down the waterfall, pouring out into the bay, pursuing and ultimately falling over the edge of the world…  There are no boundaries and no end and no limit.  This isn’t the Truman Show.  The ocean and the sky don’t meet and smack into a wall at the edge of the dome.  My mind and eyes and heart search God’s heart, waiting and anticipating to do great things that have no creative boundaries.

                                                                                           

  I know you saw my secret dreams list yesterday and thought I was absolutely nuts.  Mary Ann, you simply can’t do all those things.  Well, I admit, it’s not that I really think I’m going to do all those things in my lifetime, perse.  It’s the essence of the matter.  I believe that God has a heart for all the world and wants to send me into all the world.  He’s not limited to middle class America – or even an industrial city in China (c’mon, how many ABCs only think about going to China as their missionary enterprise?).  Whatever happened to being open to anything in the world?  We need to get out of the box and take God out of the box.  I believe God gives us hearts to dream and wings to fly.  And I defy anyone to tell me that it’s just not possible.  Or that I’m too idealistic.  God’s promises are far too vast for us to limit ourselves to practicality.  I refuse to let the skeptics out there crush my dreams.  I will not live a life of mediocrity.  And I won’t let you convince me that the life of mediocrity is the only realistic life there is.  If my dreams really be castles in the air, I believe the Lord of Heaven will build a foundation underneath it to hold it up…

   

  What about you?  Are you willing to do anything and go anywhere for Jesus?  I think that’s the best place to be in.  Take ahold of His promises.  Get out of the box.  Don't stick to the default mentality.   Don't plug along in life following "the way it's supposed to be."  If you could do anything in the world, what would you do?  Dream great dreams.  Anything is possible.  Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.

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